CNN's Sanchez Retracts His Claim of a 400 Percent Increase in Presiden

On August 28, CNN Newsroom anchor Rick Sanchez shared disturbing information with his viewers:A CNN source with very close to the U.S. Secret Service confirmed to me today that threats on the life of the president of the United States have now risen by as much as 400 percent since his inauguration, 400 percent death threats against Barack Obama -- quote -- "in this environment" go far beyond…
Mike Bates

Joy Behar: At Least Tiger Woods Not Hypocritical ‘Pro-Marriage, Anti

On the Thursday, December 3, The View, on ABC, co-host Joy Behar found Tiger Woods worthy of being partially defended over his adultery saga – according to her, at least he’s not a "hypocrite" like "these pro-marriage, right-wing, kind of guys who is anti-gay," like former Republican Senator Larry Craig. As the group discussed the latest news of women who have alleged having affairs with the golf…
Brad Wilmouth

New Episode of Notable Quotables Comedy Show

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White House Reporters Worried About Biased Web Sites in Pool

The White House's decision to include prominent left-wing blogs in its reporting pool has some journalists worried. Since members of the rotating pool often base their reports off of reports from outlets that attend, they worry that the presence of openly partisan news outlets could skew coverage of the White House.“This is really troubling,” New York Times reporter Peter Baker told Politico's…
Lachlan Markay

NBC's Dr. Nancy Hypes New Obama Policy on Stem Cells on Today

NBC's Dr. Nancy Snyderman, on Thursday's Today, couldn’t let a segment on advances in cerebral palsy treatments go without tipping her hat to the Obama administration’s change in stem cell policy. After Today co-anchor Vieira prompted Snyderman to list new therapies "on the horizon," Snyderman took the opportunity to celebrate Obama as she hailed: "On the horizon? Keep your eyes open for stem…
Geoffrey Dickens

ABC Reportedly Offers Morning Show Slot to Liberal Democrat Stephanopo

The Washington Post on Thursday reported that ABC has offered the position of Good Morning America co-host to former top Clinton aide George Stephanopoulos. According to the Post’s Howard Kurtz, Stephanopoulos, should he take the job, wants more politics in the morning program: "...Stephanopoulos has pushed for a role reshaped to spotlight his interest in politics and hard news rather than…
Scott Whitlock

White House's Gibbs Talks Down to Reporter, Dismissing Her Gate-crashe

Yesterday at the daily White House press briefing, press secretary Robert Gibbs talked down to reporter April Ryan of American Urban Radio Networks (AURN), a  journalist with nearly a quarter-century of experience.Ryan was pressing Gibbs over whether Desiree Rogers, the White House social secretary, essentially "invited herself" to last week's state dinner in honor of the Indian Prime Minister.…
Ken Shepherd

ABC and NBC Grill Obama Official On Security Breach, CBS Takes A Pass

While ABC’s Good Morning America and NBC’s Today questioned Obama White House senior advisor Valerie Jarrett on the breach of security at last week’s state dinner, her appearance was conspicuously absent from the CBS Early Show on Thursday. The CBS morning show has made a consistent effort to downplay the administration’s role in party crashing scandal.On Good Morning America, co-host Robin…
Kyle Drennen

NewsBusters Merchandise Now Available at MRC Store

As requested by numerous NewsBusters readers, we have just opened up a new store where you can buy NB-branded merchandise. We have clothing, books, and specialty items like our Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann doormats. There's something for everyone, so stop by and get some early holiday shopping done.
Matthew Sheffield

Al Gore Cancels $1,200 Per Handshake Event In Copenhagen

Al Gore apparently has canceled a high-priced speaking engagement during the upcoming climate change conference in Copenhagen.As NewsBusters reported Tuesday, the Nobel Laureate was slated to lecture about his new book "Our Choice" where attendees could pay over $1,200 a ticket for the right to meet the Global Warmingist-in-Chief and have their picture taken with him.According to Danish newspaper…
Noel Sheppard

Lipstick on a Pig: AP Describes ADP's Job-Loss Decline as Better Than

The coverage yesterday by the Associated Press's Stephen Bernard of payroll and human resources giant ADP's monthly jobs report for November focused on a relatively small reduction in the size of the decline in jobs lost and not on the fact that continuing to lose jobs is a bad thing.That rhetorical sleight of hand enabled the AP reporter to tell us that ADP's reported private sector job loss…
Tom Blumer

ClimateGate Shows Attempted 'Manipulation' of Peer Review Process

Journalists bolstered warming 'consensus' with peer review stamp, but e-mails suggest alarmists tried to prevent review of skeptics' work.
Julia A. Seymour

Film Producer Polone Dismisses Woods’ Infidelity, Says Marriage Is

Every once in a while, a liberal cuts right through the hemming and hawing and verbalizes his true world view. Like Hollywood producer Gavin Polone commenting on the Tiger Woods episode: If you can't live up to the terms and responsibilities of an institution, the institution must change. That's essentially the lesson Polone  believes Tiger should draw from his adultery disgrace. Marriage, you…
Carolyn Plocher

Conflicted Thomas Friedman Can't Bring Himself to Oppose Obama

Thomas Friedman of the New York Times repeated his endorsement of the “smaller footprint” approach in Afghanistan on CNN’s Campbell Brown program on Wednesday, but couldn’t bring himself to explicitly oppose President Obama’s move to send 30,000 additional U.S. troops to the country: “I have great sympathy for the President....my gut instinct was...I wish there was a smaller way to try to do this…
Matthew Balan